Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 2
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • All female board: -3
  • Overall weighted support: +2
Overall GiG Score: 5 ?

ST MARTIN'S SOCIAL CARE PROJECT LIMITED

To advance education, relieve poverty & sickness and to provide facilities for recreation & other leisure-time occupation for older people over the age of 55 years and their carers living within the Parish of St Martin's & surrounding areas in the interest of social welfare and with the object of improving their quality of life.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why is the Board completely female?
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/24£52£47£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/23£52£48£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£30£39£-9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21*£24£26£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20?£30£39£-9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£41£61£-20n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17?£65£44£21n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/15£61£30£32n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/14£64£38£27n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/13£55£52£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/12£43£58£-15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/11£77£60£17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/10£50£60£-11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/09/09?£91£95£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£81£59£21n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07£73£61£12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06£85£75£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£63£66£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£65£54£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 22 years

stmartinsscp@yahoo.com

0121-3739209

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies House
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • Religious Activities
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Practical support, advice & companionship
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Birmingham City,
Who it helps
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Birmingham City Council - St Martins Social Care Project
£3,960 22/07/2022
to have a couple of trips with the over 50's
National Lottery Community Fund - Improving Community Connections
£9,540 28/09/2018
12
This funding will be used to deliver tea dances, coffee mornings and other social events. The project aims to encourage new social relationships and to improve wellbeing.
National Lottery Community Fund - Sustaining, growing and embedding St Martin's Social Care Project
£10,000 19/12/2016
12
This group will use the funding to improve its delivery of effective services for older people, carers and the wider local community. The project will strengthen and bring together the local community, resulting in people feeling less isolated.
Heart Of England Community Foundation - Social Care Project Men's Group
£4,900 01/07/2016
9
A project to support greater engagement with men in the area, helping to build friendships and reduce isolation.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees:
  • CAROL ANN MORGAN Appointed: 2008, Occupation: None
  • CATHLEEN CANNELL Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Retired
  • LUCY ELIZABETH SANDFORD Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Clinical Physiologist
  • REV ANN RICARDSON Appointed: 2024
  • REV RUTH ROSEMARY SOUTER Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Vicar
  • SHARON CARBY MCLEAN Appointed: 2024
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 09/07/2002, number: 1092860
  • Registered at Companies House on 11/12/2001, number: 04337530
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR21: 50 days late,
Main office

140 WITTON LODGE ROAD
PERRY COMMON
BIRMINGHAM
B23 5AP

Objectives

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, RELIEVE POVERTY AND SICKNESS AND TO PROVIDE FACILITIES FOR RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION FOR OLDER PEOPLE (OVER THE AGE OF 60 YEARS) AND THEIR CARERS LIVING IN PERRY COMMON BIRMINGHAM AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

PERRY COMMON, BIRMINGHAM, WEST MIDLANDS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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